No one needs to know by Lindsay urban is very much a DCUM world book. There id a fake website that is prob inspired by DCUM!

Small Admissions, The Nest, Limelight, Tiny Imperfections.

Bad Summer People - though more NY than DC

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Anonymous wrote:Ooh I was obsessed with this genre at one point. I wish I remembered all the names of the books. Rich and pretty by Alam rumaan might be a good place to start.

Same, lol.

The Elements of Style by Wendy Wasserstein
Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (DCUM is where all the characters ended up as grow ups)
Lake Success by Shetyngart
The Nanny Diaries

Nanny Diaries was great.
Sittenfeld also wrote a contemporary version of Pride and Prejudice set in the UMC in the Midwest.
Non-fiction but a lot was made up so maybe it is fiction: Primates of Park Avenue. Fun.

There's a book Anonymous Mom Posts which really feels like DCUM in total.

Anonymous wrote:You might like: The Nest, Dutch House, The Guest

I loved Pineapple Street!

People in the Dutch House were rich, but they were way, way too self-aware for DCUM, lol

You might like: The Nest, Dutch House, The Guest

I loved Pineapple Street!

Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead. The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides. The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo. All Adults Here by Emma Straub. All of Laurie Colwin’s books.

The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins (releases next week)

When We Were Bright and Beautiful

What is the appeal of this kind of book? I can’t stand them so am curious what others like about them.

I like this author:

https://www.megmitchellmoore.com/books

"Admissions" is certainly relevant for anyone who has spent time in the colllege forum!

Anonymous wrote:Ooh I was obsessed with this genre at one point. I wish I remembered all the names of the books. Rich and pretty by Alam rumaan might be a good place to start.

Same, lol.

The Elements of Style by Wendy Wasserstein
Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (DCUM is where all the characters ended up as grow ups)
Lake Success by Shetyngart
The Nanny Diaries

Ooh I was obsessed with this genre at one point. I wish I remembered all the names of the books. Rich and pretty by Alam rumaan might be a good place to start.

Maybe try The Latecomer. It’s about a wealthy NYC family that has triplets via IVF and many years later has one more child via the remaining embryo.

Not sure what this genre is but rich people as the main characters with complicated relationships, motherhood/parenting, etc. I have enjoyed Elin Hildebrand in the past but Fleishman/Pineapple St. feels like a different set of wealthy characters. I am not opposed to more challenging reads too but going through a bit of a tough time, so maybe all I am looking for is more DCUM-type books.